Undergraduate Internships and Career Exploration
Overview
Many departments and curricula offer internship credit and career exploration courses. Students who are interested in earning academic credit for an internship experience should plan ahead by checking with the relevant department/school about available opportunities, deadlines, and the academic requirements for holding an internship.
Listed below are the departments and schools that offer internship credit and career exploration courses.
Internship Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 293 | 
Individual Internships for Majors and Minors | 1-3 |
| AERO 393 |
Air and Space Expeditionary Training | 1 |
| AMST 493 |
Internship | 1-3 |
| ANTH 393 |
Internship in Anthropology | 1-12 |
| APPL 493 |
Internship in Applied Physical Sciences | 3 |
| ARCH 393 |
Internship in Archaeology | 3-6 |
| ARMY 393 |
Air and Space Expeditionary Training | 1 |
| ARTH 293 |
Art History Practicum | 3 |
| ARTS 493 |
Studio Art Practicum or Internship | 3 |
| ASTR 111 |
Educational Research in Radio Astronomy | 1-3 |
| BIOL 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Biology | 3 |
| BIOS 392 |
Undergraduate Internship | 1-3 |
| BMME 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Biomedical Engineering | 1-3 |
| BUSI 393 |
Business Internship Project I | 1.5-3 |
| BUSI 493 |
Business Internship Project II | 1.5-3 |
| CHEM 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Chemistry | 3 |
| CLSC 580L |
Clinical Immunohematology Laboratory | 4 |
| COMM 393 |
Internships | 1-3 |
| COMP 293 |
Internship in Computer Science | 3 |
| DATA 393 |
Internship in Data Science | 1 |
| DATA 493 |
Internship in Data Science | 3 |
| DATA 593 |
Internship in Data Science | 12 |
| DRAM 393 |
Professional Theatre Laboratory | 1-12 |
| DRAM 493 |
Theatre Management | 3 |
| ECON 193 |
Internship in Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship | 1-3 |
| ECON 293 |
Internship | 3 |
| ECON 327 |
Venture-Creation Workshop H | 3 |
| ECON 393 |
Practicum in Entrepreneurship H | 3-6 |
| EDUC 411 |
Making Liberal Arts "Work" | 3 |
| EDUC 593 |
Internship/Student Teaching | 1-12 |
| EDUC 695 |
Human and Organizational Leadership Development Capstone | 9 |
| EDUC 698 |
Internship in Human Development and Family Science | 3-9 |
| ENEC 393 |
Internship in Sustainability | 3 |
| ENEC 493 |
Environmental Internship | 1-4 |
| ENEC 593 |
Environmental Practicum | 1-3 |
| ENGL 293 |
Internship for Credit | 3 |
| ENGL 593 |
Internship in Health Humanities | 3 |
| EXSS 293 |
Internship in Exercise and Sport Science | 1-3 |
| EXSS 393 |
Sports Medicine Clinical | 1-3 |
| EXSS 493 |
Field Experience in Sport Administration | 3 |
| EXSS 593 |
Practicum in Physical Fitness and Wellness | 1-9 |
| GEOG 493 |
Internship | 3 |
| GERM 493 |
Internship in German | 3 |
| GLBL 193 |
Global Studies Internship | 1 |
| HBEH 555 |
Collaboration & Community Organizing in Public Health: A Community Based Culminating Experience | 4 |
| HIST 393 |
Practical Introduction to Editing, Reviewing, and Publishing Historical Research: Traces Internship | 1 |
| HIST 493 |
Internship in History | 1-3 |
| HIST 593 |
Exploring the U.S. South Hands On and Ears Open: Internship at the Southern Oral History Program | 3 |
| HPM 593 |
Internship in Health Policy and Management | 2 |
| INLS 393 |
Information Science Internship | 3 |
| LING 493 |
Internship in Linguistics | 3 |
| MEJO 393 |
Journalism and Media Internship | 1 |
| MEJO 593 |
Washington D.C. In-Residence Semester | 3 |
| MUSC 493 |
Music Internship | 3 |
| NAVS 196 |
Independent Study in Naval Science | 1-3 |
| NDSS 593 |
Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Internship | 3 |
| NSCI 493 |
Internship in Neuroscience | 3 |
| NURS 697 |
Capstone: Transitions in Care and Practice | 6 |
| PHYS 293 |
Internship In Physics and Astronomy | 3 |
| PLAN 575 |
Real Estate Development | 3 |
| PLAN 640 |
Roadways for a Safer Future | 1 |
| PLCY 293 |
Internship in Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 493H |
Internship in Public Policy and Global Affairs | 6 |
| POLI 193 |
Internship in Political Science | 3 |
| PSYC 493 |
Internship in Psychology | 3 |
| PWAD 393 |
Internship in Peace, War, and Defense | 3 |
| RADI 463 |
Clinical Education I | 4 |
| ROML 293 |
Internship in Romance Studies | 3 |
| SCLL 393 |
Mentored Internship in SCLL | 3 |
| SOCI 393 |
Independent Experiential Internship | 1-3 |
| SPAN 393 |
International Internship in Seville | 3 |
| STOR 493 |
Internship in Statistics and Operations Research | 3 |
| WGST 393 |
Internship in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Undergraduate Curricula
If you have been offered an internship and your company is requiring you to earn credit to participate in the internship, you may be eligible for SPCL 493. Note that SPCL 493 is a one-credit, pass/fail course that does not count toward any graduation requirements. For instructions on submitting a SPCL 493 application, which must be done before beginning the internship, please see the SPCL 493 application form.
Career Exploration Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANES 200 | Career Exploration in Anesthesiology | 3 |
| ANES 406 | Career Exploration in Anesthesiology | 3 |
| BIOL 117 | Pre-Health Thrive-1 Considering Health Professions | 1 |
| BIOL 118 | Pre-Health Thrive-2 Pursuing Health Professions | 1 |
| BIOL 635 | Careers in Biotechnology | 1 |
| BUSI 189 | Introduction to Careers in Business | 1.5 |
| ECON 292 | Career Preparation for Economics Majors | 1 |
| EDUC 111 | Career Exploration | 1 |
| EDUC 211 | Career Planning and Job Searching | 1 |
| EDUC 311 |
Career Development and Life Skills | 3 |
| EDUC 583 |
Career and Professional Development | 3 |
| HPM 501 | HPM BSPH Professional Development Seminar | 1 |
| IDST 198 | Research at Carolina and Beyond | 1 |
| MEJO 544 | Career Exploration and Preparation | 3 |
| NSCI 326 | Neuroscience Career Development, Networking & Applications in the Working World | 3 |
| PUBH 101 | Exploring Public Health Fields | 1 |
| PUBH 102 | Careers in Public Health | 1 |
